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W. RIGKEL & G. LO RPENTER COMBINED STOVE PIPE DAMPER AND CLEANER. No.287.964.

Patented Nov. 6, 1883.

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TREMONT W. RIOKEL AND GEORGE A. CARPENTER, OF CASEY, IOWA;

SAID RIOKEL ASSIGNOR TO SAID CARPENTER. 7

COMBINED STOVE-PIPE DAMPER AND (JLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,964, dated November6, 1883.

' Application filed August 18,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Tnnnonr W. RIOKEL and GEORGE A. CARPENTER, citizensof the and general efliciency.

To this end it consists in certain improve ments in the construction ofthe same, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved combined cleaner and damper, and Fig. 2 isa longitudinalvertical sectional view, showing the same arranged in a stove-pipe inposition for operation.

The same letters refer to the same parts in both figures. i

A in the drawings designates an oblong band or bail, between the sidesof which is pivoted the damper-plate B. The latter consists of acircular disk, of metal, having at its upper edge a curved sharp-edgedprojection, C, which forms a scraper. Around its edge the disk B is alsoprovided with forwardlyextending curved projections D D, forming runnersor guides for the plate when .thelatter is moved in or drawn through thestove-pipe for the purpose of cleaning the same, as will be presentlymore fully described.

Attached to the face of the dampenplate, some distance ,above the axialor pivoting line, is a hinged rod, E, extending through a perforation,F, in the band or bail A. The front end of this rod has anoperating-handle, G, and it is provided with a knee or shoulder, H,adapted to abut against the bail A when the damper-plate is raised to avertical position.

In operation the damper is placed in the stove-pipe, near the chimney,and in this position it is held or retained by the bail A,

which is made slightly bulging, and which, by

pressing against the sides of the pipe, will retain the device inposition with a sufficient degree of security. The operating-rod willproject through the elbow, so as to be accessible for the purpose ofoperating the device. By means of the said rod it will be seen that thedamper may be readily manipulated, while,

in order to clean the pipe from accumulated dirt andsoot, it is onlynecessary to draw it forward, thereby raising the damper-plate to avertical position and drawing it through the pipe. By pushing the rodback the device may be readily returned to its original position.

It will be seen that by means of this device the stove pipe may bethoroughly cleaned without taking it down. The device is simple inconstruction, inexpensive, and may be easily applied to any ordinarystovepipe.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States A 1. The combination of the oblongbail or band, the damper-plate pivoted in the same, andthe operating-rodhinged to the face of said plate, above the axial line, and extendingforward through a perforation in the bail, substantially as set forth.

2. The damper-disk B, having scraper C and curved projections or runnersD, substantially as and for the purpose shown and specified.

3. The herein-described combined damper and cleaner for stove-pipes, thesame consisting of a bail or holder, at damperdisk pivoted in the same,and provided with the curved scraper G and projections or runners D D,and the operating-rod E, hinged to the face of the damper-plate, abovethe axial line, extending through the bail and through the stove-pipeelbow, and provided with the knee or shoulder H, as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

TREMONT W. RIGKEL. GEO. A. CARPENTER.

Viitnesses:

H. B. SCHREITMAN, J. G. BERRY.

